linkShezvolume_up
Uhh, so if I've got this straight, after you were born, your dad got remarried...to her mom?
linkShezvolume_up
Uhh, so if I've got this straight, after you were born, your dad got remarried...to her mom?
linkDimitrivolume_up
Correct. Though the truth of my stepmother's background was never revealed to the public, as you can imagine.
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Of course, all that is in the past now. There is no reason to keep hiding it from my closest allies.
linkRodriguevolume_up
Your Majesty, if I may. I can handle the explanation.
linkDimitrivolume_up
That will no doubt prove faster. You knew my father many years longer than I did.
linkRodriguevolume_up
It all started twenty years ago, when a dreadful plague ravaged Fhirdiad. King Lambert's wife was among those claimed by its spread.
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In hopes of bringing an end to the epidemic, the king sought experts from across the land—scholars, doctors, mages.
linkRodriguevolume_up
Among those, it was an Imperial scholar by the name of Cornelia who finally turned the page on our suffering, and put an end to the pestilence.
linkMercedesvolume_up
Oh yes, I've heard about that. She helped develop many of the districts in the capital as well, didn't she?
linkAnnettevolume_up
It's a little weird to think she's the one who planned out the places we all lived.
linkSylvainvolume_up
They even used to call her a saint. What could've happened to her to make her so...different?
linkRodriguevolume_up
Interestingly enough, she never asked for any kind of reward for her feat. Well, at first.
linkRodriguevolume_up
In lieu of any compensation, monetary or otherwise, she requested that we rescue one of her old friends from the Empire.
linkRodriguevolume_up
Which is the story of how the late king came to meet his future wife, Lady Patricia—or should I say Lady Anselma.
linkFelixvolume_up
I don't get it. Why would she need saving?
linkRodriguevolume_up
I'm not sure of all the details myself, but I know she was banished from the court after becoming involved in some sort of political dispute.
linkRodriguevolume_up
Lambert always did have a soft spot for those in need.
linkRodriguevolume_up
And of course in the thick of all that, the two developed feelings for each other.
linkRodriguevolume_up
It's difficult to say for sure if it was love, but it was something. Anyway, that's all I have.
linkDimitrivolume_up
Looking back on the events now, it's hard to know just how much of it was part of Cornelia's plot.
linkDimitrivolume_up
In any case, I must learn more about my stepmother's death. I have no doubt it connects in some manner to the truth about the Tragedy.
linkDimitrivolume_up
Who was Cornelia working for? And what was Edelgard's role in all of it?
linkDimitrivolume_up
If I truly want to know... Well, there's only one person I can turn to.